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Building equity into learning as it relates to students’ fields of study and potential careers Many students may not see themselves in the imagery and representation in their prospective disciplines or careers. Part of Peralta Community College District’s grant project was to encourage faculty to build more

Prior to receiving the CVC-OEI Improving Online CTE Pathways Grant, there was a need to improve the quality of our CTE and GE-related online courses. Our professional development offerings, DE-related positions, and opportunities for peer review and collaboration to support this endeavor at the college were lacking.

Lassen Community College (LCC) is a rural college in the northeast corner of California. LCC is located in Susanville, situated on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and over 200 miles from the nearest large city, Sacramento.  Due to the remote location, LCC has been

Taft College developed the CVC-OEI project around a tripartite goal of building an online certificate that addresses regional need; filling gaps in existing on-ground certificates; and improving the quality of existing certificates. Central to achieving these goals was streamlining efforts to both clarify the path and to

As a professor in both health sciences and environmental technology, I understood the unspoken difference between courses that were considered “general education” courses compared to the career or technical education courses. Career education was “hands-on” and not considered useful to teach “online”.  Well, that was until SARs

Distance Education Disparities at Sacramento City College Although the closing of the success rate gap between DE and on-ground modalities in the last year in the CCCs is rightfully celebrated, there are—within the disaggregation of those data—strikingly low success and retention rates in our Black student population

Overview The requirements for the Cybersecurity program at Palomar College consists of the completion of nine information technology courses. Five of the courses had been taught in a face-to-face format, constituting a gap in the program that precluded a pathway for completing the program completely online. The

Introduction As Mount San Antonio College (Mt. SAC) continued to implement the California Virtual Campus (CVC) Course Exchange, we strengthened our support of faculty with a revamped Faculty Center for Learning Technology (FCLT) and noticed the absence of a student-facing equivalent service especially for online learning. The

As many colleges experienced a significant shift in needs as a response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, MSJC felt the need to evaluate our initial project proposal and determine the best course of action to provide the best opportunity for success to our career education students. This meant

Summary This initiative provides a means for instituting and promoting the integration of Open Education Resources (OER) across the curriculum at Mt. San Antonio College with an emphasis on Career Education courses. Numerous studies have found that implementation of OER initiatives on college campuses leads to significant